UK business set to lose over a billion in #Levy funding and faces growing skills crisis
To date, eligible businesses have used only 14% of the Apprenticeship Levy, the tax designed to encourage employers in the UK to invest in home-grown…
Clare Chambers
The “Aspirational” Apprenticeship: Why government support signals a shift in the perception of apprenticeships
In the past three years, the profile of apprenticeships has skyrocketed with a new system implemented in 2015 and the Apprenticeship Levy coming into full…
Ad industry ecstatic as Institute for Apprenticeships agrees ‘Advertising and Media Executive’ Standard funding
The IPA and Arch Apprentices are delighted to announce that the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has agreed funding for a new ‘Advertising and Media Executive’…
Changing perceptions: Apprenticeships are no longer for poor, underachieving young people
Apprenticeships have undergone an incredible change in recent years as their focus has shifted from being primarily blue‐collar professions, such as construction or engineering, to…
Major Public Sector Provider Launches Framework for Greater Apprenticeship Access
Arch Apprentices successfully obtains place on YPO’s Apprenticeship Framework. The Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), one of the UK’s leading public sector providers, has provided much…
Apprenticeship starts down 28%
Latest figures published by the Department of Education show that apprenticeship starts have fallen once again. Statistics released this morning show that new apprenticeships have dropped…
Apprenticeship starts continue to fall in the short term
Figures released by the Department of Education report a fall in the number of apprenticeship starts in November The number of apprenticeship starts has continued to…
Should ‘The Apprentice’ be axed?
We may have enjoyed watching hopeful contestants squirm in the boardroom during last night’s final, but two thirds of the nation believe the TV series…
93% of businesses think work experience should be compulsory in schools
An overwhelming majority of senior business professionals agree that work experience should be compulsory in schools, according to a new survey commissioned by Arch Apprentices.…